If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education. – John Malkovich
I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it’s obviously a form of stupidity. – John Malkovich
I probably have more female friends than any man I’ve ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they’re generally mentally tougher, and they’re better listeners, and they’re more capable of surviving things. – John Malkovich
My life before children I don’t really remember. I’ve heard references to it, but I really don’t remember. – John Malkovich
People always say life is short. I’ve never been convinced of that – mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. – John Malkovich
When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen they are looking at is human life and that’s why I do it, that’s why I like it. – John Malkovich
I grew up in the Midwest, quite far from any ocean or any beach, a million miles. I think for kids who grew up where I did, the idea of California, surfing and beach life was so exotic and glamorous. – John Malkovich
I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I hadn’t gone into acting. Mind you, it’s a great life, going around pretending you’re other people and getting paid ridiculous sums of money for it. – John Malkovich
Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn’t do in real life – well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don’t they? – John Malkovich